Russ Ferland, Ph.D.

The combined long-term objectives of our research are to better understand the molecular, genetic, 以及引起神经发育和神经障碍的细胞机制. Overall, my research interests lie primarily in the study of disorders of brain development and neurological disease, 并具体涉及以下调查领域:

1)功能分析 AHI1 and CSPP1, two novel genes which we mapped and cloned in individuals with Joubert syndrome (Ferland et al., Nature Genetics, 2004; Doering et al., J. Comp. Neurol., 2008; Hsiao et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 2009; Westfall et al., J. Neurosci., 2010; Tuz et al., J. Biol. Chem., 2013; Tuz et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2014; Bourgeois and Ferland, Dev. Biol., 2019; Munoz and Ferland, J. Cell Sci., 2019; Hsiao et al., J. Neurosci., 2021),

2) formation and function of the primary non-motile cilia in development and disease (Hsiao et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 2009; Westfall et al., J. Neurosci., 2010; Hsiao et al., Cilia, 2012; Tuz et al., J. Biol. Chem., 2013; Tuz et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2014; Hua and Ferland, Cilia, 2017; Hua and Feland, Cell. Mol. Life Sci., 2018; Hua and Ferland, Bioessays, 2018; Bourgeois and Ferland, Dev. Biol., 2019; Munoz and Ferland, J. Cell Sci., 2019; Hsiao et al., J. Neurosci., 2021),

3)癫痫阈值的遗传和神经解剖学机制, seizure propagation,  epileptogenesis, 癫痫性猝死(SUDEP) (Ferland et al., G3 Genes, Genom. Genet, 2017; Ferland, 2017; Loscher, Ferland, and Ferraro, Epilepsy and Behavior, 2017; Kadiyala et al., J. Neurosci., 2016; Kadiyala et al., Epil. Res., 2015; Kadiyala et al., PLoS ONE, 2014; Papandrea et al., Exp. Neurol., 2009; Papandrea et al., Epil. Res., 2009; Ferland et al, 1998a,b,c, 1999, 2002a,b, 2003).